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Definition of Sphyrna
1. Noun. Type genus of the Sphyrnidae.
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Family Sphyrnidae, Sphyrnidae
Member holonyms: Hammerhead, Hammerhead Shark
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sphyrna
Literary usage of Sphyrna
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports Dealing with the Systematic Geology and Paleontology of Maryland by Maryland Geological Survey (1904)
"Sphyrna denticulata Emmons, 1858, Kept. N. Car. Geol. Survey, p. ... name by
Gibbes' have the appearance of belonging to Carcharias rather than to Sphyrna. ..."
2. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria by Royal Society of Victoria (1904)
"Sphyrna prisca, Ag., AS Woodward, 1889. Cat. Foss. Fishes Brit. ... Although it
is held that the separate teeth of Sphyrna and Carcharias are practically ..."
3. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1845)
"In the principal part of this paper, viz. in the remarks on the identity of
Sphyrna Blochii with the foetal state of laticeps. ..."
4. Reports of the North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey (1907)
"Genus Sphyrna Rafinesque. Hammer-headed Sharks. These sharks are readily
distinguishable by their peculiarly shaped heads, which by lateral extension have ..."
5. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1864)
"348. Alopias vulpes Storer, Syn. 253. Hab. Mass, southwards. Sphyrna Raf., 1810.
... Sphyrna zygaena M. and H. ... Sphyrna tiburo M. and H. ..."
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